The Online Memorial and Museum of Prisoners of War is entirely run by volunteers who offer their time and financial support to continue our work and to improve the tools and services that we offer to the public completely free of charge.
There is much to do. If you have benefitted from our work or would simply like to help us to honour prisoners of war, please consider supporting us.
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Get involved with the considerable work needed to process and clean newly released data from the National Archives and other sources.
Do you have information about a POW? Submit your details to us to include in the database.
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Although you can search by surname, first name, POW number or any other field including any descriptive text included in the records the quickest way to a POW’s record is always to search by Service number,
We now have over 80,000 POWs recorded on this site. Until we can afford more sophisticated hosting, running queries on the prisoner database (particularly large ones such as all POWs or British Army) may require some patience.
Many POWs spent time in working parties and camps that were subordinate to full POW camps.
You can search our records below or view all working parties of which we are aware.
Some men spent extended periods working or being treated in a variety of medical facilities.
80th Anniversary of the liberation of WWII Prisoners of War
NewsThe trustees of the Online Memorial and Museum of Prisoners of War have approved a proposal to look into the practicalities of organising an event in 2025 to commemorate the liberation of Allied POWs in 1945. Whilst the focus for the event will be the relatives of the prisoners an important objective is bring the […]
The Inside Story
NewsWe are pleased to announce that the founder of the Online Memorial and Museum of Prisoners of War, Philip Baker, has published the fourth volume in the Lamsdorf book series. ‘THE LAMSDORF CLARION’ The magazine published by prisoners of war at Stalag VIIIB (344) Lamsdorf during the Second World War From January 1943 until December […]
How to carry out research
NewsThe Online Memorial and Museum of Prisoners of War has, today, published a new comprehensive guide to the various sources of information which can help people carry out research into a Prisoner of War’s time in captivity,